December 15, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin's year-end press conference and Q&A session were held in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, in which Putin said that the goal of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has not changed, and that Moscow can "move forward" despite Western sanctions, isolation and ruining of relations.

Speaking of the Ukraine crisis, Putin said there will be peace "when we achieve our goals," namely "denazification of Ukraine, the demilitarization of Ukraine," according to media reports.

Putin also said that the Western military assistance to Ukraine was drying up and predicted that the nation would soon exhaust its supply of foreign arms, according to media reports. "Ukraine produces nearly nothing, everything is coming from the West," Putin said.

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